Professor Mehdi Beniddir, both a researcher in chemistry and a pharmacist, explains how pharmacognosy makes it possible to develop new medicinal drugs from substances found in nature.
When asked what advice an eminent surgeon might give other doctors, I brace myself for another mountain I can’t climb“What’s a Festschrift?” my youngest asks.“In German it means ‘celebration writing’,” I say, “I’m going to an academic conference to honour a doctor.” Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks ago, Capt. Michael Johnson, an Army nurse, was on his way to work at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas when an auto accident happened in front of him on the highway. A jeep traveling at high speed slid and crashed into the back of a bus. Johnson’s instincts took over as he pulled over, grabbed his medical bag, and went to help. The jeep’s air bags were deployed, and the driver was unresponsive. Johnson rendered aid until emergency medical...
I refer to the period of time following the birth of my first kid as my trial by fire.New motherhood thrust me into an awkward phase rivaled only by puberty. Three months postpartum, my skin suddenly erupted in deep, sore, bleeding, disfiguring cystic acne that covered my entire face. My hair, once red, curly, and plentiful, turned dark and fell out in handfuls, leaving bald patches not only in the normal spots at the temple but throughout my whole scalp. My whole body seemed to swell, even six...
The way this puppy acts at the vet is how I always feel inside when at the doctors' office. This was the pup's first time, and the face he makes every time the vet tries to feed him medicine is amazingly dramatic. — Read the rest
A new technique in building DNA structures at a microscopic level has the potential to advance drug delivery and disease diagnosis, a study suggests.
Survey has revealed challenges faced by pharmacists and risk of harm to patients as key drugs are unavailable‘We’re firefighting in the background’: the pharmacists coping with record drug shortagesDrug shortages in England are now at such critical levels that patients are at risk of immediate harm and even death, pharmacists have warned.The situation is so serious that pharmacists increasingly have to issue “owings” to patients – telling someone that only part of their prescription can be...
For those with opioid use disorder, being able to acquire medication to treat the condition in a discreet and efficient manner has been improving retention rates and reducing stigma around addiction.
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — One of the big mysteries with popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss is why some people will lose 20% or more of their starting body weight on the drugs while for others, the scale will barely budge. One study found that about 1 in 7 people who used semaglutide
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — One of the big mysteries with popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss is why some people will lose 20% or more of their starting body weight on the drugs while for others, the scale will barely budge. One study found that about 1 in 7 people who used semaglutide
In a major shift, the Justice Department is formally moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The proposed rule change recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has less potential for abuse. Marijuana has been in the same classification as heroin and LSD. It now moves to a Schedule 3 drug, along with []
It isn't clear how her testimony will affect jurors, but the defendant's